Review – Uncommon Valor

Uncommon stupidity is more like it. As I recall, this was a fairly high quality action movie when it came out back in the mid-80s. It even includes some fairly big-name talent, ranging from Gene Hackman to the then-relatively-unknown Patrick Swayze. However, the plot focuses on a group of Vietnam War veterans on a mission to return to Southeast Asia and rescue American POWs. While this cheap attempt to rewrite the war with a US victory at the end fit well with the zeitgeist of the Reagan 80s, in retrospect a lot of it seems cumbersome and at points even a little silly. If you like your shoot-em-ups with a heapin’ helpin’ of macho posturing and combat zen, this one’s for you. See if desperate